A Boy Asked Me to Dance at Prom Because No One Else Would Due to My Scars – The Next Day, His Parents and Officers Showed up at My Door

“It wasn’t intentional,” he said quietly. “I was fourteen. I used to sneak around neighborhoods at night doing stupid things. That night, I saw the garden gnome outside your house and walked over. Then I noticed the kitchen window was cracked open.”

Caleb sat frozen beside me.

“I climbed inside because I thought I could steal something small and nobody would know. While I was in the kitchen, I lit a cigarette. After a few minutes, I left it on the counter while I looked through the living room.”

I felt sick.

“Then I heard movement and panicked,” Mason continued. “I climbed out the window and ran.”

Caleb stared at him. “You didn’t mean to start the fire?”

Mason looked genuinely confused and horrified.